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Dank made a doping scapegoat: lawyer
Lawyer Greg Stanton claimed sports scientist Stephen Dank, the man dubbed The Pharmacist, had been unfairly portrayed as the villain after the Australia Crime Commission (ACC) on Thursday released a report confirming the widespread use of illegal drugs in Australian sport....
Dank on Friday conducted an interview to be aired on ABC1's 7:30 on Monday, with Stanton adamant his client would protest his innocence.
"He stands, if I may use the phrase, as a sacrificial lamb on the altar of sport which this country worships and adores on a day-to-day basis," Stanton said.
"Sure he does (protest his innocence), but he's doing so not in the context or in the criteria of someone who's facing an allegation or charge.
"There is a degree of innuendo, rumour, scuttlebutt and tenuous information floating around, none of which is very specific at all.
"In the face of that, he says, 'I've done nothing wrong'.
"He is the scapegoat - that's how we see it.
"He is a highly qualified, credible, experienced man in this field and what's happening is an absolute travesty to be honest."
Read more: Dank made a doping scapegoat: lawyer - ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Lawyer Greg Stanton claimed sports scientist Stephen Dank, the man dubbed The Pharmacist, had been unfairly portrayed as the villain after the Australia Crime Commission (ACC) on Thursday released a report confirming the widespread use of illegal drugs in Australian sport....
Dank on Friday conducted an interview to be aired on ABC1's 7:30 on Monday, with Stanton adamant his client would protest his innocence.
"He stands, if I may use the phrase, as a sacrificial lamb on the altar of sport which this country worships and adores on a day-to-day basis," Stanton said.
"Sure he does (protest his innocence), but he's doing so not in the context or in the criteria of someone who's facing an allegation or charge.
"There is a degree of innuendo, rumour, scuttlebutt and tenuous information floating around, none of which is very specific at all.
"In the face of that, he says, 'I've done nothing wrong'.
"He is the scapegoat - that's how we see it.
"He is a highly qualified, credible, experienced man in this field and what's happening is an absolute travesty to be honest."
Read more: Dank made a doping scapegoat: lawyer - ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
